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New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's win has sparked progressives to target House seats across the city, including some currently held by Democratic heavyweights.
New York City Councilmembers Chi Ossé and Alexa Aviles are reportedly weighing bids to oust House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Reps. Dan Goldman, respectively — and have sought the backing of the city's DSA chapter to do so. And left-wing challengers have emerged against Reps. Ritchie Torres, Adriano Espaillat and Grace Meng.
Experts have called some of the campaigns long shots, while organizers believe Mamdani's momentum can help them overcome the odds. Mamdani was famously polling at 1 percent before surging to win the primary and general elections. |
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State lawmakers are increasingly concerned about the level of threats directed at them amid an uptick in political violence around the country.
The most recent incidents occurred in Indiana, where a number of Republican legislators who have not thrown their support behind President Trump's redistricting push were the victims of swatting attempts at their homes. That episode came after multiple Minnesota state lawmakers were targeted in June by a gunman, resulting in the deaths of state House Speaker Melissa Hortman (D) and her husband.
Alarm at the local and state levels comes amid rising fears over political violence nationally, which have only grown since the assassination attempts against President Trump last year and the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk in September. |
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday defended the U.S. military's recent strikes on alleged drug-trafficking boats in response to a recent report from The Washington Post.
"As usual, the fake news is delivering more fabricated, inflammatory, and derogatory reporting to discredit our incredible warriors fighting to protect the homeland," Hegseth said Friday evening in a post on the social platform X. The Post cited sources who said Hegseth had ordered "to kill everybody" on an alleged drug boat in an early September attack, which reportedly required two strikes after an initial one failed to kill all on board. |
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President Trump said Friday that he's canceling every executive order former President Biden enacted but didn't personally sign.
"Any document signed by Sleepy Joe Biden with the Autopen, which was approximately 92% of them, is hereby terminated, and of no further force or effect. The Autopen is not allowed to be used if approval is not specifically given by the President of the United States," Trump wrote in a Friday afternoon post on his Truth Social platform. |
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The State Department has paused visas for Afghan nationals after two National Guard members from West Virginia were shot close to the White House.
"The Department of State has IMMEDIATELY paused visa issuance for individuals traveling on Afghan passports. The Department is taking all necessary steps to protect U.S. national security and public safety," the State Department said in a post on the social platform X Friday evening.
The suspect — an Afghan national — allegedly behind the shooting Wednesday in Washington, D.C., is facing a first-degree murder charge after U.S. Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom died from her wounds. |
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Washington, D.C., police said they are working in "close coordination" with the National Guard to ensure safety after two National Guard members from West Virginia were shot on Wednesday close to the White House.
"Law enforcement agencies across Washington, DC, including the Metropolitan Police Department, are working in close coordination with the National Guard to ensure the safety of our community," a Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) spokesperson said Friday in an emailed statement to The Hill. |
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President Trump is set to pardon a former Honduran president who had been sentenced to prison for drug trafficking, he announced on social media Friday.
"I will be granting a Full and Complete Pardon to Former President Juan Orlando Hernandez who has been, according to many people that I greatly respect, treated very harshly and unfairly," Trump said in a Truth Social post Friday. In June 2024, former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was given a prison sentence of 45 years due to over 10 years of collaboration with drug traffickers on getting cocaine into the United States, according to The Associated Press. |
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Andriy Yermak, the chief of staff to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and a lead negotiator in peace talks with the U.S., has resigned, Zelensky said Friday.
In his nightly address, the Ukrainian president said he was "grateful" to Yermak "for always representing Ukraine's position on the negotiation track exactly as it should be represented. It has always been a patriotic position." Zelensky added that he will interview prospective candidates for the role Saturday.
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Measles cases are surging as deaths from the disease go down globally, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
"Modelled estimates show that the annual number of measles cases decreased from approximately 38 million in 2000 to 11 million in 2024, while the number of measles deaths fell from 780 000 to 95 000, among the lowest annual estimates since 2000. An estimated 58 million deaths were prevented during this period," the WHO said in a report released Friday. |
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OPINION | While headlines remain fixated on tensions with China, tariff threats and the latest diplomatic signals from Washington, a quieter shift is taking shape across the Americas. In recent weeks, the United States has moved to deepen trade and investment ties with several Latin American countries, from Argentina and Ecuador to Guatemala and El Salvador. These agreements have been presented as economic extensions of Washington's broader effort to reduce supply chain risks. But they point to something more significant: a strategic reorientation that is beginning to redraw the map of American influence. |
OPINION | President Trump has always dominated the room as well as engendering strong reactions both pro and con. When I first met him 35 years ago, he was pretty much the same guy he is today.
Back in his business days, Americans could take or leave him. His celebrity and wealth did not directly affect us. But, today, Trump has great influence over all our lives. And that has led to obsession. |
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As President Trump took a stroll on the White House roof in August, generating headlines and questions about what he was up to, the man walking beside him was little noticed. Wearing his signature bow tie, James McCrery, a classical architect who runs a small Washington firm known for its work building Catholic churches, was discussing how to execute Mr. Trump's vision for a ballroom on the White House grounds. |
Some of America's best starting salaries are at sea. And they aren't luring enough workers. Straight out of college, graduates from the country's maritime academies can earn more than $200,000 as a commercial sailor, with free food and private accommodations. Commercial sailors travel the world. Coffee breaks come with an ocean view. At night, the sky explodes with stars. |
Two planes carrying Venezuelan migrants out of the U.S. were midair on March 15 when a federal judge in Washington ordered the Trump administration to turn them around.
Instead, the planes landed in El Salvador hours later, touching off an extraordinary power struggle between the judicial and executive branches of the U.S. government over what happened and why the judge's order went unexecuted. That fight entered a critical phase on Friday when U.S. District Judge James Boasberg relaunched an investigation to determine whether the Republican administration deliberately ignored his instruction, letting the planes continue onto El Salvador. |
The Defense Department is set to play host to right-wing media at the Pentagon early next week for its first in-person press event and briefing since the mainstream press corps walked out in October rather than sign the department's new press policy, according to two people familiar with the plans.
Shortly after the mass exodus of established Pentagon journalists, the Defense Department said a group of right-wing media outlets and influencers — who had not regularly covered the Pentagon under the Trump administration — would sign the new press policy, which prohibits soliciting any information that the government doesn't authorize. Those outlets include the Gateway Pundit, the Post Millennial, Human Events and the National Pulse, along with far-right activist Laura Loomer. |
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